I'm sorry I could not put the tip on earlier - in the morning I got an unbelievable 2.2 on Darcis at Expekt. But anyway odds are still worth a shot at low stakes cause this is simply overrating home advantage in my eyes.
Benneteau plays a decent 30-24 season so far but since Frechn Open where he reached fourth round he had 11 losses out of 16 matches and was on a 8 match loosing streak after first round of Nottingham.
Steve Darcis season record looks similar - with 30-26 but his results were more constant over the year:
- winning the title in Memphis on indoor hard in February
- reaching the final in Amersfoort on clay in July and
- reaching quarter final in Mons on indoor hard this month
Here he demonstrated his fighting spirit, great play and good nerves in two hard three set matches against Radek Stepanek and Richard Gasquet whom I rate higher than compatriot Benneteau. So - how I mentioned in the beginning - odds are too high on Darcis and I put low stakes on him to reach semi final here.